91 miles around the Dales, my longest ride since March, I felt pretty good, and even chucked in an extra loop up Witton Steeps (which lives up to its name) and over to Coverdale before a meandery route home through the lanes. And I felt as though I won the wind game - quite light westerlies while I was heading out, but much stronger when I was heading home (and it was behind me).
Plenty of offroad in the middle, including the track over Stake Moss from Countersett which I hadn't ridden before, and some spurs out to bag a few tiles. It's astonishingly dry up on the tops, but I still managed to get wet feet.
The Dales weren't too busy - I avoided any of the honeypots, but It was a pleasure to see folk out and about in some of the lesser-known places. There were a couple of families at Countersett Reservoir, a few cars parked up near a tarn outside Middleham, and even a couple of walkers out in the middle of nowhere with me.
Perfect!